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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.25in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Interview
Arturo <span class=SpellE>Talamo</span> </b>(Financial Backer)<span
style='mso-tab-count:3'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span
class=SpellE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u>Raffield</u></i></span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u> Case</u></i><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'></b></p>

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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>I
was at the double header Padres and Pirates game in a booth at the World
Series. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>Believe
me, watching a double-header game in the booth is so much better than being in
the numbered seats.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>Darleen
<span class=SpellE>Raffield</span> invited me to the game. She said her boss
wanted to meet me. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>Towards
the end of the first game, her boss Wade offered us both a drink.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Darleen didn't stay for the second game
and left shortly after the drink.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>I
have invested money with Darleen before. I am taking a much larger risk by
funding overseas research startups through her new company based in the
Bahamas. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>Darleen's
boss was unaware of the Bahamas deal that we had going. He wanted me to invest
more in the biotechnology sector in Pittsburgh.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>Limits
on stem cell research imposed in August 2001 have hindered biotech research in
the US and created a new market for overseas research facilities. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>I
was investing in one of Darleen's secret biotechnology projects.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>Darleen
raised the investment funding for research facilities to develop medical cures
for diabetes, cancer, and other illnesses, with stem cell research. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:
list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>I was
holding back on a large investment because Darleen needed to give me some solid
evidence of progress on our current investment. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:
list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>Besides my
personal money, I was also investing money from my family. We have
traditionally invested in sectors like gambling in Las Vegas and Atlantic City,
the construction business, funeral homes, and the garbage / recycling business.
</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span><![endif]>She was not
giving me enough information and I warned her that she was jeopardizing future
deals if she continued like that.</p>

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